Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Flying out to Las Vegas this week and driving over to Utah to do the Canyons...?

Does anyone know if the weather has been dry of late?



Any recommendations about what to do/visit would be also be appreciated - we are definitely going to Bryce Canyon. Flying out to Las Vegas this week and driving over to Utah to do the Canyons...?
Make sure %26amp; visit lesser known Escalante State ParkThe Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument contains 1.9 million acres of land in southern Utah, the United States. There are three main regions: the Grand Staircase, the Kaiparowits Plateau, and the Canyons of the Escalante.



The Monument stretches from the towns of Big Water, Glendale and Kanab, Utah on the southwest, to the towns of Escalante and Boulder on the northeast. It is slightly larger in area than the state of Delaware.



The western part of the Monument is dominated by the Paunsaugunt Plateau and the Paria River, and is adjacent to Bryce Canyon National Park. This section shows the geologic progression of the Grand Staircase.



The center section is dominated by a single long ridge, called Kaiparowits Plateau from the west, and called Fifty-Mile Mountain when viewed from the east. Fifty-Mile Mountain stretchs southeast from the town of Escalante to the Colorado River in Glen Canyon. The eastern face of the mountain is a steep, 2200 foot (650 m) escarpment. The western side (the Kaiparowits Plateau) is a shallow slope descending to the south and west, and is the largest roadless piece of land in the lower 48 states.

Flying out to Las Vegas this week and driving over to Utah to do the Canyons...?
and zions national park is cool to. hiking around and camping was awesome

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